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The lightning speed with which the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, has enthralled the experts around the globe.¹ There are lot of speculations that are taking place, on what went wrong and how even after twenty years of r....

September 03, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , China , Article , Pakistan , Terrorism , CPEC , Taliban , Geopolitics , US-China rivalry , CCWAEC

ताइवान की संप्रभुता की रक्षा के लिए चाहिए विश्व सहयोग

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

हिंद-प्रशांत क्षेत्र में, दक्षिणी चीन सागर के समान ही, ताइवान जलडमरूमध्य (स्ट्रेटस) विवाद का एक �....

September 01, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , दक्षिणी चीन सागर। बीआरआइ। जोए बाइडेन। माओत्से तुंग। ताइवान स्ट्रेट्स। टीएचएएडी। पीटर डटन। फ्लैश प्वाइंट। वन चाइना नीति। चांग काइ शेक। टीएईपीआइई एक्ट। A2/AD कैपबिलिटिज। प्रशांत कमान। एजिस एशोर।

CPPCC Chairman Wang Yang’s Visit to Tibet Autonomous Region is Important

Jayadeva Ranade Article

The 3-day (August 18-20, 2021) visit to Lhasa by Wang Yang, Politburo Standing Committee member and Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), at the head of a 22-member delegation is important. The visit follows th....

August 31, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet , Article , Dalai Lama , CPPCC , Wang Yang

शी जिनपिंग का तिब्बत दौरा अहम,भारत के लिए इसके खास मायने

Jayadeva Ranade Article

चीनी राष्ट्रपति शी जिनपिंग बिना किसी पूर्व घोषणा के ही तिब्बत स्वायत्तशासी क्षेत्र (टार) के दो....

August 27, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Tibet , Article , शी जिनपिंग। सीएमसी। पीएलए। तिब्बत। टार। सिचुआन-तिब्बत रेलवे। ल्हासा। न्यिंगची। डब्ल्यूटीसी। यारलुंग सांगपो

China’s Vaccine Diplomacy in Southeast Asia

The COVID-19 pandemic has unleashed power play amongst nations. The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a race of sorts to provide essential medical supplies and in the second year, a competition for vaccines is underway. Vaccine diplomacy, as it....

August 20, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , ASEAN , Southeast Asia , COVID-19 , COVAX , Vaccine Diplomacy , Sinovac , Sinopharm , Chinese Vaccines

Sino-Tajik Relations: An Unequal Partnership

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

The narrative about the ‘peaceful Rise of China’ is ironic. China has border disputes with all its neighbours. Some of these issues have been addressed, while some still exist. For example, its border dispute with India is a critical issue affect....

August 17, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , China , Article , India , SCO , Afghanistan , military base , Soviet Union , Tajikistan , Debt Trap , Xinjiang , Badakhshan , Uyghurs , Border Dispute , Chinese Belligerence , investment and trade , Pamir Region

China Intensifies Campaign to Assimilate Tibetans into Mainstream Han Culture

Jayadeva Ranade Article

Tibet appears poised to initiate a vigorous campaign aimed at assimilating the Tibetan ethnic minority into the Han national mainstream. An important speech by Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) Party Secretary Wu Yingjie, at a meeting of the District Par....

August 12, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Tibet , Article , Buddhism , Dalai Lama , Tibet , TAR , Han , Mandarin , Gyaltsen Norbu , Wu Yingie

Afghanistan's Uncertain Future and Its Implications for China-Pakistan Relations

Aakriti Vinayak Article

The U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan will have a profound impact on Asian geopolitics and international relations at large. China-Pakistan relations are also undergoing steady change as both seek to maximise their influence, security and economic int....

August 11, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , China , Pakistan , Article , Terrorism , CPEC , Xinjiang , Taliban Extremism , China-Pakistan Relations

Talk on China in Rajapakse 2.0: Ports and Geo-Political Challenges

On 02 August 2021, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a talk by Prof Asanga Abeyagoonasekera, author and Senior Advisor on Security and Geopolitics, Sri Lanka, on "China in Rajapakse 2.0: Ports and Geo-Political Challenges in Sr....

August 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Sri Lanka , Interaction , China , Belt and Road Initiative , Rajapakse , Hambantota port

China Studies’ Coming of Age Story in Taiwan and A few Pointers for India

Naina Singh Article

In her 2006 Report on China Studies in India, Madhavi Thampi pointed out that there is a lack of depth and rigour in China centric research within India¹. Much does not seem to have changed as she noted the similar observation in her Janua....

August 05, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , India , Taiwan , Mandarin , KMT , China studies , cross-strait relations